EP3637137B1 - Detektionssystem und -verfahren - Google Patents

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EP3637137B1
EP3637137B1 EP19199564.6A EP19199564A EP3637137B1 EP 3637137 B1 EP3637137 B1 EP 3637137B1 EP 19199564 A EP19199564 A EP 19199564A EP 3637137 B1 EP3637137 B1 EP 3637137B1
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  • This disclosure generally relates to a detection system, and more particularly relates to a detection system that determines a trailer-length.
  • Document EP3267222 A discloses a system, mounted on a host-vehicle, comprising a radar sensor and a controller for determining a size of the trailer towed by the host-vehicle.
  • the present invention proposes to solve the above mentioned problem by providing a detection system comprising a radar-unit and a controller-circuit in communication with the radar-unit.
  • the radar-unit is configured to detect objects proximate a host-vehicle.
  • the controller-circuit is configured to determine a detection-distribution based on the radar-unit.
  • the detection-distribution is characterized by a longitudinal-distribution of zero-range-rate detections associated with a trailer towed by the host-vehicle.
  • the controller-circuit is further configured to determine a trailer-classification based on a comparison of the detection-distribution and longitudinal-distribution-models stored in the controller-circuit.
  • the trailer-classification is indicative of a dimension of the trailer.
  • the controller-circuit determines a trailer-length of the trailer based on the detection-distribution and the trailer-classification.
  • the present invention also proposes a detection method, said method comprising the steps of:
  • the method further comprises the steps of:
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a non-limiting example of a detection system 10, hereafter referred to as the system 10, installed on a host-vehicle 12 towing a trailer 14.
  • the system 10 in an improvement over other detection systems because the system 10 estimates a trailer-length 16 based on detected targets by classifying a distribution of data points and performing a regression on the distribution of the data points.
  • the system 10 provides the technical benefit of enabling an adjustment of a blind-zone (not shown) of the host-vehicle 12 based on a size of the trailer 14, improving safety for the driver and other vehicles.
  • the trailer 14 is a cargo-trailer that may be an enclosed-type with solid panels, while in another embodiment the cargo-trailer is an open-type with an exposed frame. In yet another embodiment the trailer 14 is a boat-trailer. In yet another embodiment the trailer 14 is a travel-trailer.
  • the system 10 includes a radar-unit 20.
  • the radar-unit 20 is configured to detect objects 26 proximate the host-vehicle 12.
  • the radar-unit 20 detects a radar-signal that is reflected by the features of the trailer 14 towed by the host-vehicle 12, as illustrated in Fig. 2 .
  • Typical radar-systems on vehicles are capable of only determining a distance 28 (i.e. range) and azimuth-angle 30 to the target so may be referred to as a two-dimensional (2D) radar-system.
  • Other radar-systems are capable of determining an elevation-angle to the target so may be referred to as a three-dimensional (3D) radar-system.
  • 3D three-dimensional
  • the 2D radar-unit 20 includes a left-sensor 20A and a right-sensor 20B.
  • a radar sensor-system with a similarly configured radar-unit 20 is available from Aptiv of Troy, Michigan, USA and marketed as an Electronically Scanning Radar (ESR) or a Rear-Side-Detection-System (RSDS). It is contemplated that the teachings presented herein are applicable to radar-systems with one or more sensor devices. It is also contemplated that the teachings presented herein are applicable to both 2D radar-systems and 3-D radar-systems with one or more sensor devices, i.e. multiple instances of the radar-unit 20.
  • the radar-unit 20 is generally configured to detect the radar-signal that may include data indicative of the detected-target present on the trailer 14.
  • the detected-target present on the trailer 14 may be a feature of the trailer 14 that is detected by the radar-unit 20 and tracked by a controller-circuit 32, as will be described in more detail below.
  • the system 10 also includes the controller-circuit 32 in communication with the radar-unit 20.
  • the radar-unit 20 may be hardwired to the controller-circuit 32 through the host-vehicle's 12 electrical-system (not shown), or may communicate through a wireless network (not shown).
  • the controller-circuit 32 may include a processor (not shown) such as a microprocessor or other control circuitry such as analog and/or digital control circuitry including an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for processing data as should be evident to those in the art.
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • the controller-circuit 32 includes a memory 22, including non-volatile-memory, such as electrically-erasable-programmable read-only-memory (EEPROM) for storing one or more routines, thresholds, and captured data.
  • the one or more routines may be executed by the processor to perform steps for detecting the objects 26 based on signals received by the controller-circuit 32 from the radar-unit 20 as described herein.
  • the controller-circuit 32 is configured to determine that the trailer 14 is being towed by the host-vehicle 12 (i.e. determine a trailer-presence) using the known methods of zero-range-rate (ZRR) detection of targets that will be understood by those in the art.
  • ZRR zero-range-rate
  • Fig. 3A illustrates a plot of multiple radar-sensors 20A, 20B data acquisition cycles that locate the ZRR targets along a host-vehicle-longitudinal-axis 34 and a host-vehicle-lateral-axis 36.
  • the trailer 14 has a known-trailer-length of 3.2m.
  • Each data acquisition cycle consists of 64-detections per radar-sensor 20A, 20B within a time interval of 50-milliseconds (50ms), or a total of 128-detections for the two radar-sensors 20A and 20B.
  • the origin of the plot is located at a center of the host-vehicle's 12 front-bumper (not specifically shown).
  • Fig. 3B illustrates a detection-distribution 24 determined by the controller-circuit 32 that is characterized by a longitudinal-distribution of ZRR detections associated with the trailer 14 towed by the host-vehicle 12. That is, the detection-distribution 24 is a plot of the groups of the ZRR targets from Fig. 3A along the host-vehicle-longitudinal-axis 34 only. Note that the x-axis for the plot in Fig. 3B is the distance 28 from a rear-end of the host-vehicle 12, and not the distance from the front-bumper as illustrated in Fig. 3A .
  • the controller-circuit 32 determines the detection-distribution 24 in a finite time-period, which in the examples illustrated herein, is about 1-minute in duration.
  • the detection-distribution 24 is characterized by groups of ZRR targets detected within sequential predetermined length-intervals extending for a predetermined-distance 38 behind the host-vehicle 12.
  • the groups represent the ZRR targets detected in increments of 0.2-meters (0.2m) extending from the rear-end of the host-vehicle 12 for the distance 28 of up to about 12m.
  • every 10 points along the x-axis of the plot in Fig. 3B represents 2.0m of distance 28 from the rear-end of the 5m long host-vehicle 12.
  • the Y-axis in Fig. 3B represents the cumulative number of detections in a group.
  • Some of the groups represent real-objects and others represent phantom-objects.
  • the predetermined length-intervals of less than or equal to about 0.2-meters provides an adequate balance between memory 22 utilization and accuracy of the trailer-length 16 determination.
  • the predetermined-distance 38 of 12m is selected as representative of a typical longest-trailer that may be legally towed on roadways by the host-vehicle 12. However, the predetermined-distance 38 may be user defined and adjusted to other distances 28 in excess of 12m.
  • the controller-circuit 32 is further configured to determine a trailer-classification 42 based on a comparison of the detection-distribution 24 and longitudinal-distribution-models 44 stored in the controller-circuit 32.
  • the trailer-classification 42 is indicative of a dimension of the trailer 14 and includes a first-class 46 (e.g. trailers 14 having a trailer-length 16 between 1m and 4m), a second-class 48 (e.g. trailers 14 having the trailer-length 16 between 4m and 8m), and a third-class 50 (e.g. trailers 14 having the trailer-length 16 between 8m and 12m).
  • the longitudinal-distribution-models 44 are trained (i.e.
  • the trailer-classification 42 uses known data (i.e. training-data collected from the detection-distributions 24 of various trailers 14 with known-trailer-lengths) using a machine learning algorithm with Supervised Learning (e.g., "examples” x with "labels” y), wherein the x-training-data are the cumulative-detections at each of the predetermined length-intervals (i.e., every 0.2m up to 12m), and the y-training-data are the associated known-trailer-classification (i.e., first-class 46, second-class 48, and third-class 50).
  • the machine learning algorithm creates a model based on the training-data that determines the trailer-classification 42.
  • Any applicable machine learning algorithm may be used to develop the longitudinal-distribution-models 44.
  • One such machine learning algorithm is the MATLAB ® "fitensemble()" by The MathWorks, Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts, USA.
  • the prediction of the trailer-classification 42 based on the longitudinal-distribution-models 44 and the detection-distribution 24 is executed using the MATLAB ® "predict()" function, by The MathWorks, Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts, USA, or similarly known algorithm.
  • the trailer 14 is classified by the system 10 as a first-class 46 trailer 14.
  • the controller-circuit 32 determines the trailer-length 16 based on the detection-distribution 24 and the trailer-classification 42 by applying regression-models 52 to the detection-distribution 24.
  • the regression-models 52 are associated with each of the trailer-classifications 42 and are stored in the controller-circuit 32.
  • Each trailer-classification 42 has associated with it a unique regression-model 52 to more accurately determine the trailer-length 16.
  • the regression-models 52 are trained to determine the trailer-length 16 using known training-data using the same machine learning algorithm with supervised learning as described above, wherein the x-training-data are the cumulative-detections at each of the predetermined length-intervals (i.e., every 0.2m) and the y-training-data are the associated known-trailer-lengths.
  • the regression-models 52 are developed using the MATLAB ® "fitrensemble()" by The MathWorks, Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts, USA, and use 50 iterations to converge on the model having an acceptable error or residual values.
  • the controller-circuit 32 uses the detection-distribution 24 as input into the regression-model 52 to estimate or predict the trailer-length 16.
  • the prediction of the trailer-length 16 is also executed using the MATLAB ® "predict()" function, by The MathWorks, Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts, USA, or similarly known algorithm, based on the regression-model 52 and the detection-distribution 24.
  • the trailer-length 16 is predicted to be 3.22m compared to the known length of 3.20m.
  • Figs. 4A-4B illustrate the trailer 14 classified as the second-class 48 with the known length of 6.60m, and the trailer-length 16 predicted by the system 10 of 6.58m.
  • Figs. 5A-5B illustrate the trailer 14 classified as the third-class 50 with the known length of 8.90m, and trailer-length 16 predicted by the system 10 of 8.92m.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates an example of an iterative process for determining the longitudinal-distribution-models 44 using the MATLAB ® functions described above and known training-data.
  • Iteration-1 initially applies a linear function representing a mean value of the training-data, after which an error residual (i.e. a difference between the mean-value and the particular data-point) is calculated.
  • the plot of the error residual from Iteration-1 is fit with a step-function which is used to update the linear function in iteration-2.
  • Fig. 7 is a flow chart illustrating another embodiment of a detection method 100.
  • Step 202 DETECT OBJECTS, includes detecting objects 26 proximate a host-vehicle 12 with a radar-unit 20 as described above.
  • Step 204 DETERMINE DETECTION-DISTRIBUTION, includes determining the detection-distribution 24 based on the radar-unit 20 with the controller-circuit 32 in communication with the radar-unit 20.
  • the detection-distribution 24 is characterized by a longitudinal-distribution of zero-range-rate detections associated with a trailer 14 towed by the host-vehicle 12.
  • the detection-distribution 24 is determined in a finite time-period of about 1-minute.
  • the controller-circuit 32 detects the groups of zero-range-rate detections within the sequential predetermined length-intervals extending for a predetermined-distance 38 behind the host-vehicle 12 as described above.
  • Step 206 DETERMINE TRAILER-CLASSIFICATION, includes determining the trailer-classification 42, with the controller-circuit 32, based on a comparison of the detection-distribution 24 and the longitudinal-distribution-models 44 stored in the controller-circuit 32.
  • the trailer-classifications 42 include a first-class 46, a second-class 48, and a third-class 50 as described above.
  • Step 208, DETERMINE TRAILER-LENGTH includes determining the trailer-length 16 of the trailer 14, with the controller-circuit 32, based on the detection-distribution 24 and the trailer-classification 42 as described above.
  • the trailer-length 16 is determined by regression-models 52 stored in the memory 22 of the controller-circuit 32 as described above.
  • Each trailer-classification 42 has a unique regression-model 52.
  • a first device includes one or more processors, a memory, and one or more programs stored in memory, the one or more programs including instructions for performing the method described above.
  • a non-transitory computer-readable storage-medium comprising one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a first device, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first device to perform the method described above.
  • a detection system 10 (the system 10), a controller-circuit 32 for the system 10, and a detection method 100 are provided.
  • the system 10 is an improvement over other detection systems because the system 10 estimates the trailer-length 16 in a time-period of less than 1-minute and reduces a measurement error.
  • first contact could be termed a second contact
  • second contact could be termed a first contact
  • the first contact and the second contact are both contacts, but they are not the same contact.
  • the terminology used in the description of the various described embodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the description of the various described embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms "a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
  • the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a stated condition or event] is detected” is, optionally, construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [the stated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the stated condition or event],” depending on the context.

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  1. Detektionssystem (10), wobei das System umfasst:
    eine Radareinheit (20), wobei die Radareinheit konfiguriert ist, um Objekte (26) in der Nähe eines Zugfahrzeugs (12) zu detektieren; und
    eine Steuerschaltung (32) in Kommunikation mit der Radareinheit, wobei die Steuerschaltung konfiguriert ist, um eine Detektionsverteilung (24) basierend auf der Radareinheit zu bestimmen;
    wobei die Detektionsverteilung eine Längsverteilung von Detektionen mit Nullbereichsrate aufweist, die einem Anhänger (14) zugeordnet sind, der von dem Zugfahrzeug gezogen wird;
    wobei die Steuerschaltung ferner konfiguriert ist, um eine Anhängerklassifizierung zu bestimmen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Anhängerklassifizierung auf einem Vergleich der in der Steuerschaltung gespeicherten Detektionsverteilungs- und Längsverteilungsmodelle basiert;
    die Anhängerklassifizierung eine Abmessung des Anhängers angibt;
    und die Steuerschaltung konfiguriert ist, um eine Anhängerlänge (16) des Anhängers basierend auf der Detektionsverteilung und der Anhängerklassifizierung zu bestimmen.
  2. System nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Detektionsverteilung in einem endlichen Zeitraum bestimmt wird.
  3. System nach Anspruch 2, wobei der endliche Zeitraum etwa 1 Minute dauert.
  4. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Anhängerklassifizierung eine erste Klasse, eine zweite Klasse und eine dritte Klasse umfasst.
  5. System nach Anspruch 4, wobei die erste Klasse Anhänger mit einer Länge zwischen 1 m und 4 m angibt, die zweite Klasse Anhänger mit einer Länge zwischen 4 m und 8 m angibt und die dritte Klasse Anhänger mit einer Länge zwischen 8 Metern und 12 Metern angibt.
  6. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Anhängerlänge ferner durch Regressionsmodelle bestimmt wird, die in der Steuerschaltung gespeichert sind.
  7. System nach Anspruch 6, wobei jedes der Regressionsmodelle jeder Anhängerklassifizierung zugeordnet ist.
  8. System nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Detektionsverteilung durch Gruppen von Zielen mit Nullbereichsrate gekennzeichnet ist, die innerhalb aufeinanderfolgender vorbestimmter Längenintervalle detektiert werden, die sich über einen vorbestimmten Abstand hinter dem Zugfahrzeug erstrecken.
  9. System nach Anspruch 8, wobei die vorbestimmten Längenintervalle kleiner oder gleich etwa 0,2 Meter sind.
  10. System nach Anspruch 8, wobei der vorbestimmte Abstand 12 Meter beträgt.
  11. Detektionsverfahren (100), wobei das Verfahren umfasst:
    Detektieren (202) von Objekten in der Nähe eines Zugfahrzeugs mit einer Radareinheit;
    Bestimmen (204) einer Detektionsverteilung basierend auf der Radareinheit mit einer Steuerschaltung in Kommunikation mit der Radareinheit;
    wobei die Detektionsverteilung eine Längsverteilung von Detektionen mit Nullbereichsrate aufweist, die einem Anhänger zugeordnet sind, der von dem Zugfahrzeug gezogen wird;
    Bestimmen (206) einer Anhängerklassifizierung mit der Steuerschaltung,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Anhängerklassifizierung auf einem Vergleich der in der Steuerschaltung gespeicherten Detektionsverteilungs- und Längsverteilungsmodelle basiert;
    die Anhängerklassifizierung eine Abmessung des Anhängers angibt; und
    ein Bestimmen (208) einer Anhängerlänge des Anhängers mit der Steuerschaltung auf Basis der Detektionsverteilung und der Anhängerklassifizierung erfolgt.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, ferner umfassend den Schritt zum Bestimmen der Detektionsverteilung in einem endlichen Zeitraum.
  13. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 11 oder 12, ferner umfassend den Schritt zum Bestimmen, ob die Anhängerklassifizierung eine erste Klasse, eine zweite Klasse oder eine dritte Klasse ist, wobei die erste Klasse Anhänger mit einer Länge zwischen 1 m und 4 m angibt, die zweite Klasse Anhänger mit einer Länge zwischen 4 m und 8 m angibt und die dritte Klasse Anhänger mit einer Länge zwischen 8 Metern und 12 Metern angibt.
  14. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 13, ferner umfassend den Schritt zum Bestimmen der Anhängerlänge durch in der Steuerschaltung gespeicherte Regressionsmodelle.
  15. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 14, wobei der Schritt zum Bestimmen der Detektionsverteilung das Detektieren der Gruppen von Detektionen mit Nullbereichsraten innerhalb aufeinanderfolgender vorbestimmter Längenintervalle umfasst, die sich über einen vorbestimmten Abstand hinter dem Zugfahrzeug erstrecken.
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